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New York's Governor Would Rather Prop Up the Nuclear Industry Than Invest in Renewable Energy
2016-07-15 10:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: New York is poised to dump $7.6 billion into dirty, dangerous and aging nuclear power plants as part of a policy that Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling the Clean Energy Standard. Although this policy would provide support for renewable energy by requiring utilities to meet New Yorks goal of producing 50 percent of electricity from renewable energy by 2030, the real money in the plan is sadly reserved for bailing out nuclear plants. The governor wants to keep several aging nuclear plants open to preserve...
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